ESSE 1410 Lecture Notes - Mahi-Mahi, Salt Marsh, Marine Mammal Protection Act
25 Mar 2014
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When president barack obama addressed the nation from the oval office on june 15 nearly two months after the macondo well began gushing crude oil and one month before engineers subdued it he said: Already, this oil spill is the worst environmental disaster america has ever faced. And unlike an earthquake or a hurricane, it"s not a single event that does its damage in a matter of minutes or days. The millions of gallons of oil that have spilled into the gulf of mexico are more like an epidemic, one that we will be fighting for months and even years. 1. The deepwater horizon blowout produced the largest accidental marine oil spill in u. s. history,2 an acute human and environmental tragedy. A lone beachgoer encounters bands of oil along alabama"s orange beach. Though wind and currents helped keep most of the spilled oil offshore, all told some 650 miles of gulf coast habitat were oiled to one degree or another .
